There is also an option to sell an additional 28 F-16s to Draken: These will be retired in batches from now till 2024. The Falcons will come out of the F-16 End Life of Type (ELOT) program after the Dutch retire their F-16s starting in 2022. Draken US Aviation and Aerospace Component Manufacturing Fort Worth, Texas 6,161 followers Worlds Premier Provider of professional Adversary Air and Electronic Warfare Services.
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The Dutch F-16s, including support equipment, retired by the Royal Netherlands Air Force, will join Draken's already impressive mixed fleet MB-339s, MiG-21s, A-4K/Ns, L-39s, Mirage F-1Ms (one of those crashed at Nellis Air Force Base in May this year causing the death of its pilot) and Denel (formerly Atlas) Cheetahs (a South African major upgrade of the Mirage III with technology from the Israeli IAI Kfir, which is in turn derived from the Mirage 5). The Danish Drakens are so far the heaviest of the series to have been in service. The American company is contracted by the American government to fly aggressor missions during exercises with the US Air Force and Navy. All Drakens are interceptors with limited air-to-ground capability, with the sole exception of the Danish Drakens, which are strike aircraft capable of carrying AGM-12 Bullpup missiles, advanced 'jammers', and increased internal and external fuel stores. The Dutch Parliament was informed on June the 29th 2021 that an interdepartmental Defense Materiel Sales Committee, consisting of representatives of the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Defence, has approved the sale of 12 F-16s to Draken International.
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